M-/MI- Nouns in Singular (M-) & Plural (MI-) • Subject prefix: U- / I- • Posessive: WA- / YA- • Relative: -O- / -YO-

M/MI Noun Class: Plants, Nature, Body Parts, and other nouns

body (of living being)
bodies (of living being)

maize/corn PLANT
maize/corn PLANTS
(the fruit itself is hindi/mahindi)

cassava (both plants & fruit itself)
cassava (pl.)

sugarcane (both plants & fruit itself)
sugarcane (pl.)

orange TREE
orange TREES
(the fruit itself is chungwa/machungwa)

banana TREE
banana TREE
(the fruit itself is ndizi/ndizi)

coconut palm tree
coconut palm trees
(the fruit itself is nazi/manazi)

date palm TREE
date palm TREE
(the fruit itself is tende/tende)

plated mat (on the ground)
plated mats (on the ground)

The plant is growing.
The plants are growing.

The Baobab tree of Africa.
The Baobab trees of Africa.

The mountain which...
The mountains which...